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Tweak says, "dip it low girl"

Bastián Cavallero (cavallero) wrote in neeps,
@ 2018-01-06 16:55:00

Entry tags:

! ic/ooc, # portree, ainsley galbraith, alasdair buchanan, elspeth macfusty, graham urquhart, gwenyth miracle, lorna macfarlane, madeline savage, maggie macdougal, meaghan mccormack, owen macfarlane, sara scrimgeour, sebastian cavallero, terry boot, torquil mctavish

Who: Pride Players & Staff
What: A meeting
When: Saturday mid-morning
Where: Pride offices
Warnings: IC/OOC | probably medium for potential swearing

Cav sent notices to all of the Pride players and staff that they should report to the Pride offices on Saturday at 10:30 in the morning for a brief team meeting before the season and practices start up again. Once everyone's assembled, he says he'll keep this as brief as possible and then launches into a short speech that explains the following things:

1. Coach MacFusty has aggravated an old Quidditch injury and is taking a short leave of absence to get it taken care of. While she's gone, both Lorna as the captain and Alasdair as a vice-captain will be leading practices. Cav will be attending each one as well in case anything's needed.

2. Luag MacFusty has chosen to also take a leave of absence for the rest of the season from his beater position due to some family matters and Cav is currently working out logistics regarding that open position.

3. A reminder that players and staff should not be discussing staffing changes, leaves of absences, player changes, etc. with the press and to point any press in the direction of Gwen as needed. He also asks that if anyone is approached by the press to please notify Gwen that it happened.

4. Finally, he reminds everyone that his office door is always open in the event that any player or staffmember have a concern regarding anything, from team relationships, personal training and growth, etc.

He will end by turning it over to any other admin (Owen, Gwen, Graham) who wishes to speak and also to ask if anyone has any questions.

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Re: Other Admin

instagraham
2018-01-06 10:58 pm UTC (link)

“This has been a tough season and we’ve had a lot of churn. I have faith in you, Coach MacFusty, and Cav to rise above and bring your absolute best to the rest of the season, the Neep, and the playoffs. I’m available if anyone has additional questions or wants to talk. I expect to spend more time at the office in the new year, so expect to see more of me than you have so far this season.”

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	Re: Other Admin wannabeat 2018-01-07 01:45 am UTC (link)
	(Scrimmy thinks that sounds like a bad sign) (Reply to this) (Parent)

Re: Other Admin

instagraham
2018-01-07 01:57 am UTC (link)

"Oh, one more thing. Since we are short handed in the coaching department, I've been talking to an old friend, and we think we'll be able to bring Bart Roberts on as a consultant to help us in the bottom half of the season.

"We're still negotiating with him, by which I mean he's still negotiating with Kirsten, but if some of you may see a familiar face around here in a few days."

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	Re: Other Admin mmmcc 2018-01-07 04:56 am UTC (link)
	(She actually says it out loud. Whether she's saying it because she didn't have a good relationship with Roberts or because she's worried for Ellie is unclear.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Other Admin instagraham 2018-01-07 05:09 am UTC (link)
	Graham doesn't seem annoyed, but writes something down on the pad of paper he's got in front of him. "Will that cause an issue for you, Ms. McCormack?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Other Admin mmmcc 2018-01-07 05:30 am UTC (link)
	"No," Meaghan says immediately, though she looks tense. (She will add "sir" if prompted, but it doesn't occur to her to do so on her own.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Other Admin instagraham 2018-01-07 05:35 pm UTC (link)
	Graham nods. "If that changes or you want to expand upon it, please come by my office." And moves on, as if he'd closed the matter. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Other Admin mmmcc 2018-01-08 06:28 am UTC (link)
	Meaghan says nothing and is fiiiiine with it being closed because lbr she's never willingly coming to his office and will in fact be giving it a wide berth. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Other Admin mrs_dragon 2018-01-07 05:19 am UTC (link)
	"Oh!" Lorna is quite surprised with this but she does not have a problem. "Well, Roberts already knows his stuff about coaching Portree. And a few of us have had him as a coach already." Though Lorna does give Meaghan a look at the outburst in front of Graham. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Other Admin irkuhart 2018-01-07 03:10 am UTC (link)
	David gives his father a quick raise of his eyebrows, but otherwise makes no comment. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Other Admin mmmcc 2018-01-07 04:51 am UTC (link)
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	Re: Other Admin mrs_dragon 2018-01-07 05:16 am UTC (link)
	Lorna isn't sure that the owner spending more office time means faith in the team, but she'll ask Owen about that later. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Other Admin ecoutezmoi 2018-01-07 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	Alasdair is of a similar mind, and his posture looks less relaxed and more serious as Graham speaks. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Other Admin more_savage 2018-01-07 06:00 pm UTC (link)
	More quiet and listening only from Maddie. This whole meeting is a big fat "no comment" from her. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Other Admin gwensational 2018-01-08 12:42 am UTC (link)
	Gwen is maybe the only person who is perfectly okay with having Graham around the office more (at the very least, it'll save on owls when she needs to run anything by him). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Other Admin mr_dragon 2018-01-10 01:10 am UTC (link)
	Since none of this is new news to Owen, he has nothing to add, but does make it clear to everyone that he's available for questions or concerns- intimating that he'll be the intermediary if the players don't feel comfortable going to upper management directly. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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